Holder for paper bags and similar articles



JOSEPH G. GROFF, OIE BUFLALO, NEW YORK.

HOLDER FOR. PAPIER BAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed February 10, 1920. Serial No. 357,553.

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Be it known that I, JOSEPH G. Gnorr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bufialo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Paper Bagsand Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in holders for paper bags andsimilar articles, and it has for' its primary object the provision of aholder of this type whereby paper bags can be suspended in a uniformmanner and so that they can be conveniently removed from the holderseparately or in any quantity needed.

Other objects are to provide a holder of this type whereby paper bags orlike articles can be conveniently assembled and retained in assortments,either according to grades of material or sizes, and wherein provisionis made to enable paper bags of a certain size or grade to be placed onthe holder without clisturbing the bags of other grades or sizes heldthereby.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out inthe subjoined claims.

In the drawingsz- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a paper 'bag holderprovided with holding devices for holding bags or other articles inconvenient form according to the grade of material or the size of thebags or other artioles suspended theref1om.

Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of one end of the holder showingone complete holding device.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the holder along the length ofone of the holding devices.

In preferred form I employ a tube 4 and preferably thread the endsthereof intern'ally, as at 5. Inserted into said threaded ends areornamental stud-caps 6, said caps having threaded portions 7 t0 engagethe internal threads of the tube and any suitable form' of ornamentalhead 8 to give the tube, or main support as it may be termed, a finishedappearance. This tube or support may be secured in a suitable positionin any approved manner, but I preferably attach to opposite ends thereofey&bolts 9, the

threaded ends of which are threaded into the tube, as at 10. The eyes ofthese bolts are left open for conveniently attachirig the tube orsupport to the lowermost links of a pair of suspended chains 11 fastenedto the ceiling or any eleVated object.

lVhile the eye-bolts and chains. provide convenient and neat appearingmeans for suspending the tube or support and also ofier the advantage ofeasily detaching the holder from its suspending means, it isnevertheless apparent that within the Wider scope of my invention, othersuitable and convenient means may be employed to support the holder inposition.

The tube or support is preierably formed of metal, and although I haveshovvn a cylindrical tube, it may have any other cross sectional shapeor may be formed solid, or of any other material possessing the requiredrigidity for attaohment thereto of the bag holding devices to bepresently described and for supporting the weight of the paper bags orother articles fastened to the holding devices.

Each of the holding devices proper comprises two vertical or dependingmembers 12, 13 and a horizontal comparatively slender pointed member 14pointed at oneend, as at 15, and threaded or otherwise fastened into thevertical or depending member 12, as at 16.

The tube or main support 4 is provided with diametrioally oppositeopenings 17 at one or more points along its length, these openings beingarranged in pairs when the supporting member is in the form of a tube;but when a solid support is employed, it is apparent that a singleopening only will be required. In each pair of openings 17, a verticalor depending member 12 of the bag holder is slidabl; and rotatablyarranged, and each of said slidable and rotatable members 12 ispreferably reduced in diameter at its upper end and threaded forattachment thereto of a suitable nut 18 having a base of greaterdiameter than said member 12 so that it serves as a stop t0 limit thedownward movement of said member. The nuts 18 arepreferably ornamentalso as to give the device a neat appearance.

Each of the vertical members 12 is enlarged at its lower end, at whichpoint the slender member 14 is threaded into it, and each of thevertical members, 13 has its upper end threaded into the tube or support4 and has its lower end formed into a hook, as

at 19, the bight of the hook serving as a support for the pointed end ofsaid slencler member. Each of the slender members 14 may be termed apenetrating element, and by reason of the vertical members 13 beingfixedly retained on the tube or support 4 while the vertical members 12are slidable, the penetrating elements secured to the lower ends of thevertical members 12 may be elevated-therewith so as to disengage the ingmember either by forcing them over the pointed end of said member andalong the same or by providing the bags or other articles with suitableopenings to permit the bags to be oonveniently slipped onto thepenetrating member.

When the desired number of assembled bags or other articles are appliedto the penetratihg member, the penetrating member with the bags or otherarticles thereon may be swung laterally to a position underneath and inline With the tube or support, Which Will be permitted by reason of thevertical member 12 being rotatably mounted in said tube or supportingmember, after which said vertical member 12 and the penstrating member14 with its bags may be lowered to bring the pointed end of saidpenetrating member into engagement with the hook of the fixed verticalmember 13. When the penetrating member is in this position, it Willprevent rotation of the vertical member 12.

While I have shoWn a series of holding devices applied to the tube orsupport, it is quite clear that the length of the tube or support may bereduced to support only a single holding device. A

Each of the holding devices may be said to comprise'a fixed member and aslidable and rotatable member having' a bag supporting member attachedthereto, and that under this principle the device may be modified invarious ways without departing from the spirit of my invention orsacfificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A bag holder,comprising a support, a member depending from and fixed to said support,a combined slidable and rotatable member retained on said support andarranged parallcl with said fixed depending member, and nieans on saidcombined slidable and rotatable member onto which paper bags are adaptedto be secured, said means being held in engagement with said fixed depending member to prevent rotation of said combined slidable androtatable member.

2. In a bag holder, tvvo spaced parallel members, one of said membersbeing slidably and rotatably supported and having a bag retaining memberadapted to engage the other member.

3. A bag holder, comprising two spaced parallcl meinbers, one of saidmembers hav ing a fiXed position and provided with a hook at one end andthe other being slidably and rotatably mounted and having a slenderpenetrating member secured thereto, said penetrating member beingadapted for engagement With the hook of said fixed member.

4. A paper bag holder, comprising a support, a pair of spaced parallelmembers carried by said support, one of said members being fixedlysecured with one end to said support and having a hook at its other end,the other of said pair of members being slidably and rotatably mountedin said support, and a slencler bagcarrying member having one endsecured to the lower end of said slidable and rotatable member and itsother end adapted to engage the hook of said fixedly-secured member.

5. A bag holder, comprising a support, a slidable and rotatable membermounted in said support, a fixed member parallel with said slidable androtatable member secured with one end to said support and having a hookat its other end, and a bag penetrating member secured to said slidableand rotatable member and adapted to have its other end engaging the hookof said fixed member.

6. A bag holder, comprising an elongated support having a series of bagholding devices suspended therefrom, each of said bag holding devicescomprising two spaced depending members, one of said members beingfixedly secured to said support and hav ing a hook at its lower end andthe other being slidably and rotatably mounted in said support andprovided with a bag-carrying member arranged at right angles thereto andadapted to engage the hook of said fixedly-secured depending member.

7. A bag holder, comprising a tube, means for supporting said tube, anda bag holding device depending from said tube and comprising tvvo spaceddepending me1ribers, one of said depending members having its upper endthreaded into said tube and being provided with a hook at its lower endand the other member being slidably and rotatably mounted in said tubeand having a bag-retaining member at its loWer end parallelwith saidtube and adapted-for engagement with the hook of said first-mentioneddepending member.

8. A bag holder, comprising a tube having openings at diametroallyopposite points, a member slidable and rotatable in said openings andhaving a reduced threaded portion at one end, a nut applied to sadthreaded portion and bearing against sad tube to h'mit the movement ofsaid member in one direction, a second member parallel with said firstmember and spaced therefrom, said second member being fixedly attachedwith one end to said tube, and a slender bagretaining member secured tothe lower end of said first-mentioned member and detaohab1y connected tothe lower end of said second member.

9. A bag holder, comprising a horizontal tube, two spaced membersdepending from sad tube, one of said members being threaded with itsupper end into said tube and having a hook at its lower end and theother being slidably and rotatably mounted in said tube, means at theupper end of said slidably and rotatably mounted member t0 retain thesame in said tube, and a bag-penetrating member threaded with one endinto the lower end of said slidably and rotatably mounted member andhaving its other end pointed and engaged with the hook of saidfirst-mentoned member.

10. A bag holder comprising two parts, eaoh part having two fixedlyconnected members at right angles to each other, one part having one ofits members slidable and rotatable in one of the members of the otherpart and its other member adapted for detachable engagement wth theother member of sad other part.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

JOSEPH G. GROFF.

